Owing to the precipitous fall in oil prices and oil revenue our politicians are now blabbering about what to do "after oil". Implicit in this is the desire for a large array of blockbuster inventions that will bring quick and big money.

If you dig, you will find sad stories of inventors who have been robbed of their inventions. Ripped off.

We see the unholy alliance - the mutual support - of politicians and the robber barons of finance and industry.